More than 600 years ago, the Ho Dynasty Citadel was built in Thanh Hoa province. Since then the unique stone work in Southeast Asia was forgotten in wars. It was recognized by the UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site in June 2011.

Ministry urges State firms to restructure; Loans to rescue coffee, cashew processors; Bank officers learn communication; Disclosure rule violators to see names published; Japan to fund Viet Nam satellite project

A new seawater desalination technology demonstrated by German firm Taprogge GmbH in Can Gio District, HCM City, last week can solve drinking water issues in the country's remote areas.

A new decree issued by the Government last Friday increases punishments for administrative violations in the financial and banking sector.

During such dire times, the innovative inventions created by ‘barefoot scientists’ have proved useful, functional and economical.

Taking aspirin everyday may lower the risk of developing colon cancer for people with the cancer-causing genes, researchers found.

If you set off from Hanoi in the early morning, you can be in another world by the afternoon – Dong Van town.

Big banks have restricted lending and set up new strict rules for the interbank market, leaving small banks in thirst for capital, which is believed to do harm to the market.

Five countries attend Hanoi Int’l Aikido Festival; 21 under-23 footballers to leave for SEA Games Monday; Viet Nam eye gold at SEA Games Kempo Shorinji event; Chartered flights on standby for VN fans

VietNamNet Bridge – Members of the Vietclimb Club visit the Ha Long Bay every weekend, when the weather is nice, to go mountaineering.

President of Khazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, will pay an official visit to Vietnam from October 31 to November 1 at the invitation of State President Truong Tan Sang.

The Libyan ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) said Thursday that whoever killed ex- leader Muammar Gaddafi will be put on trial.

The three-minute film Thuoc La va Nguoi Lon (Tobacco and Adults), made by ninth graders from the Le Quy Don Secondary School in HCM City, has won first prize at the fifth filmmaking contest for Vietnamese students.

Hundreds of students have got university and postgraduate degrees granted by Chinese schools, which have been carrying out illicit joint training programs with the Vietnamese Bac Ninh Sports University since 2006.

The infrastructure for fixed lines and broadband Internet would be left in waste if telecom network operators cannot find new business opportunities.

There are a few days left to Halloween. As in prior years, major Vietnamese cities are preparing to celebrate the holiday in their own ways.

The only Vietnamese swimmer to have previously won gold at the event was Nguyen Huu Viet. The 23-year-old athlete has been struggling with asthma, which has prevented him from recovering his top form.

Vietnamese martial artists have set their sights on at least one gold in Kempo Shorinji when the event makes its Southeast Asian Games (SEA) debut at the upcoming Games in Indonesia next month.

Vietnamese State President Truong Tan Sang left the Philippines on Friday, concluding his three-day state-level visit to the island country.

VietNamNet Bridge – Instead of planting flower or ornamental trees, people in Linh Dam urban area take advantage of every inch of land to grow vegetables.